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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Seriously, it was a crazy day with MOPS and making jam and trying to catch a nap since I started the day with a migraine. Well Noah is always a bundle of fun and ingenuity, so to speak. I found more things today that made me go "Huh??" and "Seriously!" It began with Noah taking a trip out to the garage and back into the house holding two eggs. He said, "eggs, Mommy." I said, "did you break any?" Noah replied, "yep." I was so mad!!! And sure enough, there were three broken eggs trailing out of the carton up the stairs into the house and the fridge door was wide open! So after scrubbing the garage floor and stairs I came in to start dinner.

Well, it wasn't long when I heard Alexa scream from the toy room, "Mommy, Noah peed in my doll house!" I said, "what? He peed?" "Yes, in my doll house," Alexa replied. Now, Noah is potty trained and knows better than that, so I scolded him and swatted his hinny and he went crying down the stairs. I gathered up the "lil green" machine and headed up to the toy room to clean up the mess. It appeared that he stood in front of the doll house and peed, but actually he peed in the teeny tiny potty that is furniture for the doll house. The doll house toilet was overflowing!!! I was still upset, but had to chuckle at the fact that Noah thought of this all on his OWN!!! So, tomorrow will be a better day, I hope, and Noah is going to the sitter!! Maybe I can actually get some work done in the office. My life is certainly touched in many different aspects as watching a little boy grow up enjoying all of life's offerings...

A Little Tidbit About US!

We are a farming family who recently completed a newly remodeled farm house in 2007. We took an old house that needed tons and updated it to accommodate our growing family. Derek owns an 1800 head custom feeding feedlot and Allison helps with the billing and books and cares for our children. We have 3 children; Haylee, 7; Alexa, 6; & Noah, 3. We enjoy a variety of activities. But the kids keep us hopping with AWANA, school and MOPs. You never know what curve balls life will send you. I began a nice banking career with Wells Fargo for 6 years as a Store Manager. Then I met Derek and life has certainly changed immensely. But all for the better.